In this video, Mahira Khan is heard blaming Bollywood for stereotyping married women

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Mahira Khan has often found herself in the centre of controversies for the past one year, be it what she has been saying in the media or be it for pictures of her hanging out with other stars. Not every issue has to be controversial, and yet the Pakistani actress often finds herself in the center of the spotlight almost every time. Sometimes it's the lifestyle she leads that leads to controversy. After all certain sections of our society, be it in India or in Pakistan, has issues with a single, independent mother ascertaining herself in the society. So when pictures of Mahira Khan smoking with Ranbir Kapoor in the lanes of the Big Apple, wearing a backless dress, her so-called fans couldn't digest it and trolled her for it. Just not acceptable.

And there are times when she herself gives fodder for controversy like in this old video. The video is of an event that happened last year where Mahira Khan was talking about how people around her perceived reacted poorly to the fact she married early and had a kid soon.

She talks about perceptions related to marriages, and divorces, and certain people look down on women who marry early because that means their career is over. However, in the video, she is also heard blaming Bollywood for creating such stereotyping about married women, as she says films just show that women who get married settle themselves for domestic bliss, while the men can do anything. Not sure why she is just blaming Bollywood, since we are sure Pakistani cinema is not different too. Here's the video,

Recently Mahira had reacted about her leaked pictures with Ranbur Kapoor and the controversy surrounding them. She had said, “I’d be lying if I said that I decided right off the bat that I wouldn’t respond to this controversy. And I’m a very strong woman but when all of this happened, I was completely shattered and broken. I would think about posting a statement every day. Then I would stop myself because I just wouldn’t know what to say. Thankfully, ‘Power Di Game’ was ready to be released, which I thought was perfect timing, so I just posted that as sort of a response to the trolls. But to be honest, I understand where all the criticism came from and it didn’t come from a place of hate. I’m not talking about the trolls but those who were genuinely disappointed to see those pictures. It’s the same disappointment that my nani or my mamoo would have felt seeing that. So even now when I meet an older lady who says that she didn’t like the pictures, I’m quick to apologize.”